Host News - ANDOVER, Mass. - NaviSite, Inc., (NASDAQ: NAVI), a leading provider of enterprise hosting and application solutions, announced today that it will combine the power and efficiency of Supermicro’s SuperBlade® servers with its Dedicated Hosting Offerings. The recently introduced Dedicated Hosting Solutions leverage NaviSite’s experience, and nationwide footprint of enterprise class infrastructure to offer best of class security, scalability, and reliability to the Small and Medium Business (SMB) market.

Supermicro’s SuperBlade® consumes less power but delivers premium performance and super high availability, highest computing density, outstanding storage flexibility, and superior scalability. All these advantages are packaged in a “green server” that lowers HVAC costs and decreases carbon-dioxide emissions. The SuperBlade® line of servers features the latest Intel© server grade chipsets and Ethernet controllers. Read the rest of this entry »

Host News - DENVER, CO – Secure64 Software Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with Webair, a premier Web hosting company, to deploy Secure64 DNS Authority across all of Webair’s data centers worldwide. Secure64 DNS Authority is authoritative name server software that will increase the availability and security of Webair’s DNS infrastructure, reduce its operational costs, and provide its customers with comprehensive protection against network threats such as malware and DoS attacks.

Secure64 DNS Authority’s proven capability ensures that Webair’s DNS infrastructure will be immune to malware, always available, and able to withstand denial-of-service attacks while still responding to legitimate queries – unlike other DNS applications that fail during network attacks. Read the rest of this entry »

Host News - New South Wales, Australia - Crucial Paradigm, a leading provider of Shared, Reseller, Dedicated and Managed Web hosting solutions, announced today it has expanded its range of Virtual Private Server hosting plans, introducing a variety of new high-end and entry-level VPS hosting plans designed to increase options for existing and prospective customers.

With the changes, customers can now take advantage of two new entry-level Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting plan that offer generous storage space and resource allotments. Read the rest of this entry »

Host News - Franklin, WI - Doreo Hosting, a leading provider of shared and reseller hosting services, announced today a new exclusive partnership with iThemes, maker of premium WordPress blog themes. With the partnership, Doreo has also introduced a new, fully-featured blog hosting plan.

Starting at $12.99/monthly, the new blog hosting plan from Doreo includes a pre-installed version of WordPress, the Webs most popular and robust blogging platform. Users can also choose from a variety of exclusive blogging add-ons, including a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Bundle, which optimizes the blog software to rank highly in search engine indexes. Doreos Publicity Bundle offers a variety of marketing tools for bloggers, and the Statistics Bundle offers access to the latest analytics software. Read the rest of this entry »

Host News - Nottingham, UK - Daily.co.uk, the UK’s fastest growing domain name and web hosting provider, is pleased to announce that it’s giving away a year’s free Reseller Web Hosting.

The Reseller v2 Starter yearly account will be free of charge for a full year for all customers who purchase it before 31st December 2008. The v2 Starter account, normally £199.90 for the year, includes hosting accounts and Instant Website accounts to resell, plus extras such as SEO tools and SSL certificates can also be resold. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting News - BELLEVUE, Washington - eNom, Inc.®, the largest ICANN accredited wholesale domain registrar, announced today the renewal of their Domain Name Services Agreement with VeriSign, the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, under which eNom serves as the registrar for premium .tv domain names. Under the renewed agreement, both companies have reinforced their commitment to building the .tv brand as the premier destination for video and rich media content on the Internet.

According to VeriSign, the .tv domain has experienced annual growth of over 60 percent for the .tv base and a doubling of new .tv domain name registrations. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting News - LONDON and SAN MATEO, Calif. - NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business management software suites for mid-market enterprises and divisions of large companies, today announced a comprehensive plan for customers doing business in the United Kingdom who need to respond rapidly to the recent changes in value-added tax (VAT) rates announced by the British government on 24 November 2008. The revision reduces the standard VAT rate from 17.5% to 15% beginning 1 December 2008, requiring businesses to make quick adjustments in their billing and Ecommerce systems in order to comply with the rate change.

Thanks to the built-in flexibility of the NetSuite Tax Engine integrated within the NetSuite business management software suite, NetSuite customers will only have to make a few simple and easy configuration changes to comply with the new rate; they will not have to wait for NetSuite to release updates, nor will they have to apply any software patches. NetSuite’s UK VAT Compliance plan is designed to educate channel partners and customers alike on how to manage their transition to the new rate so companies can quickly and immediately comply with the VAT rate reduction, without any disruption to their business. For more information about the action plan for NetSuite customers, please visit http://www.netsuite.co.uk. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting News - Herndon, VA – The day after Thanksgiving, often referred to as Black Friday, is one of the biggest shopping days of the year, with crowds pouring into malls and department stores on the lookout for the best deals as the holiday shopping season kicks off. Network Solutions announces an alternative to the madness— a widget that provides information on the latest Black Friday deals, including a cheap domain registration, from many popular shopping web sites.

The widget, which is also known as a Cerado Ventana, was developed by Cerado® Software. It lets you see the Black Friday deals all in one place and can be downloaded to a website, blog, or social networking profile like Facebook® or Myspace®. The widget provides continual updates to the Black Friday Deals from the most popular sites and includes a Twitter® feed so you can see and join in the conversation about Black Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting News - TORONTO, Ontario – As Cyber Monday, the year-end holiday season’s purported busiest online retailing day in North America fast approaches on December 1st, a recent Leger/Fusepoint Managed Services survey of senior Canadian business executives details that 60% say their dependence on the corporate web site is increasing each year, with one in three (34%) stating there is a direct link between their corporate bottom line success and the corporate web site. Still, somewhat surprisingly, only about half (49%) have a back-up plan in case the site goes down.

“Corporate web sites are a vital avenue used to reach consumers and communicate with customers, and they must remain accessible and available 24×7 – especially in an economic climate where organizations must make every dollar count,” said Randy Fougere, Vice President, Fusepoint Managed Services. “Maintaining a high availability web site during the busy holiday season should be a top priority for organizations.” Read the rest of this entry »

Hosting News - HOUSTON - The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced it has been named to the Fast Tech 50, an annual list of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in Houston. Among the 50 award recipients, The Planet was the single largest revenue producer based on its 2007 gross revenues. Chairman and CEO Douglas J. Erwin was also named Enterprise Champion, recognized for his contributions to the technology industry and to the community at large.

The Fast Tech 50 ranks companies across several industry verticals, including software development/services, e-commerce, hardware, technical consulting, energy-technology products, medical devices and communications. Based on its 69 percent revenue growth between 2006 and 2007, The Planet was ranked No. 29. Read the rest of this entry »